New Delhi: A 28-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run after his Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle was allegedly struck by a pickup truck that police suspect was being driven on the wrong side of the road in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka early Sunday. The truck driver is yet to be traced.Rohit, a resident of Najafgarh, worked…
Chennai: The bodies of two teenage girls were mistakenly exchanged and handed over to the wrong families after post-mortem examinations at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, causing distress and confusion, the police said.The error came to light when one family discovered the mix-up after taking the body home for funeral preparations.Police said, Anushka, 19, from…
Experts at the NIT-P workshop on Monday Patna: Global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced urgently if the world is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, renowned climate scientist Alexander A Baklanov of the University of Copenhagen said at NIT Patna on Monday, warning that the global carbon budget is shrinking rapidly.Addressing the inaugural session…
Thousands of devotees are expected to visit Pahari Mandir on a daily basis Ranchi: The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) would build a temporary 100-bed shelter coming up near Swarnrekha Ghat for outstation devotees and ‘kanwariyas’, who would visit Pahari Mandir in Shravan month, which starts on July 30.Additional municipal commissioner Sanjay Kumar said, “The facility…
Dhanbad: Administrative work at Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University (BBMKU) here was disrupted on Monday after activists of the All-India Students’ Association (AISA) locked down the administrative building of the university to protest the alleged delay in fulfilment of various long pending demands of the students.Ram Kumar Singh, vice-chancellor of BBKMU, could not enter the…
NDA MPs expressed solidarity with Pradhan when he arrived in the Parliament complex on Monday NEW DELHI: “Nothing happened. I am a street fighter, not an AC-room activist,” was former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan‘s riposte to Congress MP Jairam Ramesh’s “It happens” remarks to him as he came to Parliament Monday two days after quitting…
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has stopped issuing death certificates at crematoriums and burial grounds since Saturday, leaving hundreds of bereaved families without a crucial govt document and with no clarity on when or how it will be issued.The sudden move, reportedly resulting from a verbal order linked to an ongoing inquiry into the issuance…
The previous maintenance contract lapsed on Sept 30, 2025 Mumbai: BMC has sought approval to award a two-year contract for Rs 14.5-crore for operation and maintenance of trash boom systems installed across six rivers and nullahs near mangrove belts in the city’s western suburbs to prevent floating waste from entering Arabian Sea.The proposal, which will…
New Delhi: Four people allegedly drowned while bathing in the Yamuna near Yamuna Khadar in east Delhi’s Geeta Colony Monday evening, prompting a joint search and rescue operation. One body has been recovered.Around 7.20pm, they entered the river to take a bath when they got swept away, said locals. A joint rescue operation was launched…
A 26-year-old woman police constable, attached to the forensic department of the Chennai City Police was injured on her head and face after falling from a moving EMU suburban train while attempting to catch hold of a robber when he tried to flee after snatching the constable’s mobile phone at Tambaram Sanatorium railway station on…
